Of the advantages:
Good location of the hotel. Small pebbles on the beach. There are many places by the pool. Good food in the restaurant, excellent coffee shop in the main building. Good masseuses at the SPA. Responsive management, try their best to solve your problems (but not always successfully:-))
Cons:
Disgusting room stock in old buildings. Terrible audibility in all rooms, especially closer to the stage and the bar on the 2nd floor, where evening events take place. Get ready that you will be able to sleep only after they are over, especially families with children. There are sun beds very close to each other, and in general, it is crowded on the beach. There are a lot of vacationers in the hotel, a lot of things were completed later, including the water park, but the territory is not designed for such a number of people.
Despite the efforts of the managers, the service staff does not strain much and does not do much the first time, but they are generally friendly.
In general, it's not 5* at all.
But if you are not very picky and want to have a budget vacation, then it is tolerable.
For your information: the Italian a la carte restaurant serves everyone for free until 17h, but this is only said to those who come from Europe)) there you can order a very tasty real pizza and several decent dishes: Mediterranean salad, beef, etc.
The hotel left a positive impression. The room was fresh, clean, and had a good view. They cleaned often. The bar is always full. The beach is clean. Small pebbles. There are enough sun beds. The water is warm. There are practically no waves. The hotel is located seven minutes from shopping malls. Near the city center. There are water slides for children and adults. A miniclub. Wi-Fi is being picked up all over the hotel. Animators are working, evening shows. People are dancing, singing karaoke. 404 is not enough. Mostly Russians. The views are gorgeous. The mountains are close. The sea is gorgeous. From the airport 1h.40. The food is good, a lot of meat, fruits. No one complained about stomachs. Overall, an excellent hotel from the Crystal chain.
We had a rest with our family, a comfortable room, we were lucky that the windows overlooked the courtyard and there was no restorn and children's slides next to our building - the room was quiet, clean and cozy with a small balcony, everything worked in the room and everything was in good condition
There is a Russian-speaking staff at the reception, so they quickly helped to sort out any questions that arise
In general, the staff is very friendly
I really liked the spa center, the administrator Chulpan introduced the procedures and helped me choose the right ones, notices all the details and treats the guests with care. Also, many thanks to the massage master Ari
The hotel has animation both during the day and evening programs, you can find entertainment for any age. I would like to thank Anastasia, we enjoyed going to yoga and dancing at the butterfly party🦋
In general, there was a very pleasant time left from staying at this hotel. The territory is quite large, there are many recreation areas, bars, restaurants, a good beach
The rest was definitely a success🫶
You can write a lot about the advantages of this hotel, I'm resting here for the second time and I'm very happy with everything. A cool hotel, a very beautiful territory, everything is in abundance and even more, there are some disadvantages of course, the end of the season and the staff is a little tired, but this does not affect the rest in any way. So I recommend the hotel, animation, music bar, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks in abundance, there are no queues, the coffee shop is a separate chic, I have not seen this in any hotel. In general, everything is just fine.
Excellent location, ten minutes walk to the center of Kemer. The rooms are cozy, the staff is responsive, we changed the room without problems and surcharges. The food is quite acceptable, I liked it. The coastline is small, that is, that is, but sun beds were always found, even if not on the first line by the sea. Overall, a good price/quality ratio.
It's a beautiful place. Everyone will find something to do. The rest is amazing for any age. The beach is small and very pleasant. The water is clean and moderately warm. Comfortable, clean, delicious and fun. You won't stay hungry. First line , room I am cozy and clean. Towels and bed are changed daily. Responsive and attentive staff.
The hotel is family-retired and quite popular. Russian russians are the main guests, a few from Moldova, a few Czechs, Poles and Russians living abroad.
Positive:
- Clean, well-groomed territory with beautiful vegetation, cozy
- Nice beach
- Meals around the clock
- Very friendly staff
Minuses:
- Tasteless food, there is little to choose from
- There are queues at the restaurant, for food, there are not enough places for everyone
- Rooms and cottages are in need of repair, everything is so shabby and outdated
- Terrible loud music by the pool, on stage in the evenings, it's impossible to sleep
- You can only drink beer from alcohol
A small area, everything is compact, the food is 5+, varied and delicious. Milkshakes near the beach and pool are super.
The sea is pure and magical. Sun beds under awnings.
The service is normal, non-intrusive.
An abundance of lazy seals all around, for the fullness of happiness.
The hotel is nice, compact, clean, the area is very pleasant, lots of flowers, trees, well maintained.
Of course, there were questions about nutrition, there were queues in the main restaurant, there were not enough tables, the choice of hot dishes was small, I did not like it, I had to wait until the hot food was brought, then the table would be free, then it would be removed. During the day we went to the snack bar, there was always everything and to eat fruits and ice cream. The fruits were apricots, pears, banana, nectarine, apples, watermelon, cherries, the fruits were not quite ripe. The animation is good. There are many bars, there is imported alcohol. Turkish coffee, coffee beans in bars. Near the hotel there is a place to walk in the evening, there is a market, a mosque, a tower.
The sea is the purest. It never storms. It's warm. It is better to enter in special shoes. Pebbles. This year, the hotel has changed a lot in terms of nutrition for the worse. There used to be grilled tuna and shrimp. This year it's naked. They didn't even give me Turkish pickled pepper. There was no Turkish Adjika. Everything is not tasty. The cook is bad. The Internet was broken. My husband already started fixing their broken router himself, after which they began to help him and fixed it with joint efforts. On the fifth day, the Internet appeared. The employees are not responding. The fish is delicious. There is a lot of it. They can't cook meat. The location is convenient. There Is A Camera In The Center.
I liked it very much.
We went to this hotel for the first time before that we had a rest in Kemer, the reviews were different, but we took a chance and did not regret it.Large territory, lots of greenery. We checked into the bungalow before 12:00, the room is clean, there are all hygiene products, slippers (we changed them 1 time while we lived without any request), towels were also changed every day.There is a lot of food, you can walk around and eat all the time. There is also a lot of alcohol and different things.The show programs are diverse.The only thing that is weak is the animation team of 2 girls, a guy and the main one in this amateur activity who worked for everyone.
As a result:
There are enough sunbeds
There is a lot of food, there is a choice
The room is good
The territory is large (there are many cats' paradise)
Turkish a la carte feeds for slaughter
Animation team for three
The beach as well as the hotel itself is amazing. With excellent bars and restaurants, with various cuisines. The hotel staff is very polite. Excellent evening program. We stayed at this hotel from 12.10.24. To 23.10.24. Thank you to the hotel manager and staff.
A chic hotel, a 10-night tour, excellent rooms, new furniture, the staff partially speaks Russian, the bar was replenished daily, evening entertainment programs are new every day, daytime- fitness in the pool, like everyone else, cool pools, children's slides, 3 long ones for adults - great, the food is delicious, There is a lot of meat, no one will stay hungry, the drunk is like everyone else, I really liked the rest -I advise you, the rating is 5+.
Nice hotel. There is a lot of food and varied. It's not a bad kids' club. Good entertainment program in the evenings. The sea is clear. There are enough sun beds.
And, of course, without minuses))) In two weeks, they never washed the plumbing (I asked repeatedly, they didn't wash it anyway), they didn't wash the floors in the room. Once, after repeated treatment, the maid walked with a mop.))). Often over-salted and over-peppered food is, in principle, the norm for such countries.
We had a rest in August 2024. A big minus is the food in the main restaurant, additional restaurants helped out, it's delicious there. The cleaning is very poor, both in the rooms and in the hotel itself. The hotel is tired, although there is a cosmetic repair. The evening performances were great!
A very nice hotel. The real five. We lived in a family room bungalow. 2 rooms, the children have two separate beds, my husband and I have one double bed. Balcony. The mini bar is constantly replenished, mineral water, soda, teas. There are places for snacks everywhere, they are fed around the clock.There are two pools, one with slides for adults and children, the second with slides for toddlers only. There is a separate children's club, there is a shallow warm pool with all sorts of interesting things, such as an overturning bucket. The sea is clean, there are enough sun beds for everyone. A wonderful spa. I took a massage, did a Thai named Vicky. Very good, I recommend it. The hotel is located in the city itself, I went out and took a walk at any time. Shops, cafes, markets.. I liked everything.
We had a rest in October at this hotel, the hotel is just super, beautiful well-groomed territory, polite and helpful staff, the weather in October is just a class of 32-34 degrees, the food is Five, but what can I say everything in this department is five💋💋💋💋💋👍👍👍👍👍
I stayed at the Crystal Hotel in October 2024. I really liked everything. The main thing is that they always satisfy the requests of vacationers and even have a table of complaints and suggestions. The hotel constantly prepares food of different nations somewhere. They bring water to the room. You can eat ice cream all day long. The sea is warm and clean, the bottom is made of small stones. The sun is warm. In October, it was already cool in the evening. I want to go there again!!!
The hotel is quite old, but the atmosphere is great. Stunning sea, and beautiful nature. We had a vacation in July 2024. The only thing is, the price is very high for such an old hotel.
The hotel is good. The beach is clean and comfortable. The sea is wonderful, warm, clean, affectionate)) There are a lot of animations for children and adults. A large swimming pool. The food is delicious and varied.
The territory of the hotel is beautiful, all in greenery, the food is delicious and varied. Good location, close to shops, souvenir shops. The room stock is outdated, room cleaning is weak.
This was the first time we were in this hotel, I wanted to change the location.
First, the pros are definitely the food. It is impossible to stay hungry with so much food in restaurants and bars. Yes, there was no tuna or leg of mutton for dinner, but everything else is plentiful and varied.
The hotel's territory is fully 150% occupied, because many cafes and terraces are located on the second floor. There is a lot of greenery, the beach is here, it's nearby!) The animators are working hard, every evening there is some kind of show with a good level of artists. I can't say anything about entertainment for children, we didn't need it, so I didn't pay attention, but there were a lot of children, not only toddlers, but also schoolchildren.
Another advantage of the hotel is its location in Kemer. If you are interested in shopping or pharmacies, then everything is within walking distance. It takes about 1.5 hours to drive from the airport, if the transfer is from the company and the bus delivers to all the hotels along the way. We took a hotel transfer of $ 60 back, we got there in an hour.
And now the cons- we managed to check in the third time, because at first we were offered a room on the ground floor next to the elevator. They refused, because then they definitely wouldn't have to sleep, you can hear everyone coming in and out.
The second room was just as dark and small, also on the ground floor with a view of the wall of the neighboring hotel. And finally, when we refused it, we were offered a room on the 4th floor (the last) without an elevator, but twice as large as the previous ones and with a huge terrace. Of course, we agreed, even despite the sad state of this room. Perhaps some rooms of this building were renovated, but specifically in 5504 the repair was 15 years ago. There are only slippers in the room, no bathrobes. There is not a single shelf in the bathroom, staff puts all the miniatures on the mini-sink. By the way, shower gel and shampoo in one person are in large dispensers. I had to drag a plastic table from the terrace and put it in the bathroom so that there was a place to place toothbrushes, etc. The glass for brushes had to be taken away from the restaurant, because there really was nowhere to put them.
The countertop above the refrigerator was broken and did not hold at all, I had to put plastic bottle caps under it.
However, the linen was always clean and white, changed every day.
In general, the room is good, but needs renovation. And if you are not very young, then 53 steps up will be an easy test for you every day)
Summary-this is a 5* hotel in the Turkish sense in terms of the amount of food. Otherwise, it is a solid 4*. It can be recommended for parents with children, because the beach is nearby and sun beds are right by the sea. By the way, sun beds are right next to each other, sometimes you don't feel very comfortable from the proximity of other people, especially if they smoke (and they smoke here, without hesitation).
The beach is small pebbles. The beach area is not large for a hotel. The sea is clean and warm in October. Drinks and food are free nearby. There is an outdoor shower, a changing room. There is a toilet nearby.
We liked this place of rest. Everything is organized at a good level: food, drinks, entertainment and insanely clean and warm sea (mid-September). I recommend it!
We were at this hotel from 05/20 to 30.05. Very nice territory, well maintained and cozy. Upon arrival, we were checked in even ahead of schedule, around 10 a.m., for which a big hello at the reception and many thanks!
Children's water slides, pools, sun beds and the availability of entertainment activities were very pleased. It was wonderful that there was a dartboard, although not new, but it was possible to play. A tennis table and some nice rackets. In the evening, gorgeous animations for adults. There are new wonderful shows every day. Disco from 23.00 to 00.00 . Of course, not everything has reached the music, but this is for my taste.
As for nutrition. Everything is of good quality: snacks, desserts, drinks. There were a few fish dishes, and in principle fish. But it was probably still the e season. The waitresses and waiters at the bar and lobby bar are beyond praise, kind, responsive and smiling.
As for cleaning. We were cleaned often - towels were changed every two days and garbage was removed, which is good.
Drinks were added to the fridge every day!
I didn't like the spa approach a bit. namely, the imposition of paid services.
The beach is small pebbles, it is quite comfortable to walk without special shoes, but it is problematic to leave the sea, your feet get stuck in the pebbles.
The beach is not big, the sun beds are very tight, you need to walk with difficulty.
There is no cafe on the beach, but there is one nearby on the territory of the hotel.
Last year I really liked it, so we took this hotel again from 10-19.10. But now we didn't like the check-in, we were given the worst room - 1st floor, with access to the parking lot. The whole next day we ran, changed the number, gave bad numbers on purpose, asked for money. There is also garbage everywhere on the territory, workers at 3 a.m., yelling under the windows, smoking in the aisles to the houses. The food is good, but there are a lot of extra foods (which are thrown away).
But the best thing is the small pebbles at the entrance to the sea.
The beach of the Crystal Aura Hotel. Clean (employees clean up garbage daily), small pebbles, the entrance to the sea is gentle, it is good with small children. The sea is the purest. The beauty around is simply indescribable.
The hotel is normal.The nutrition is super. The location is convenient for shopping.Super Anex hotel guides.Beach class. Minus the bad cleaning in the room, a young chubby girl works in a pastry shop, hates Russians, this is in the main building.
An excellent hotel with a compact area near the center of Kemer. Good food, decent bar with imported drinks! The first time I met a children's club, it works from 10-00 to 23-00 sooo convenient!!! Nice aqua park. And the purest, gentle sea!!!
The hotel does not look much like a 5 star hotel and now I will explain why.
1. Check-in. Upon arrival, a room in building 5 was offered (numbers starting with the number 5). You don't even have to say that this is a "state department". The rooms are about 15 meters in size, the old slightly damaged renovation. After a short conversation with Burak and Ilyas at the reception, the room was replaced by building 3. The room is neater, much larger, but the slightly present notes of the old renovation have not gone away.
2. Room service. Cleaning is carried out once a day only if there is a corresponding sign on the door. It is produced very mediocre. The linen was changed 2 times in 10 days. 2 large towels, 2 small ones, 1 for feet are provided for 2 people. There are no bathrobes, slippers 1 time and for the whole vacation. Other people are already responsible for the mini-bar, who may not replenish it at all. The mini-bar was refilled about 2-3 times in 10 days.
3. The staff. The employees are quite responsive. For any question, you can safely contact the reception. They will help and prompt you there. Also, all important staff speaks Russian well. No one will have any problems with communication.
4. The territory. The hotel is quite extensive. There is a place to walk. There are 4 ala-maps of the restaurant: Italian, Turkish, Mexican and fish. There is a private "water park" consisting of 3 slides. There are both with and without cheesecakes. There are also 3 children's slides. The children will definitely have something to do. There is a private shop on site, but it is better to go outside the hotel, it will be much cheaper there. There are spas, baths and massages, but I have not come across this. Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel, there are places where fishing is bad. The beach area is quite pleasant. There are a sufficient number of sun loungers, but almost all of them are under the roof. If you want to sunbathe, you will have to manipulate them. There are separate bungalows for € 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. They have their own mini-bar. Fruit basket, beer, champagne and lunch menu. For a fee, there is a jet ski and jetcar rental, a banana and a cheesecake, a boat trip.
5. Food and drink. Let's start with the main one. The drinks at the hotel are on a pleasant level. There are both local and foreign types of alcohol. Some bars make straight cocktails, not just whiskey and Coke. The food is quite mediocre. It is often repeated, you should not expect any "wow" effect from it. Every day something is cooked on the grill, but most often the meat and fish are overexposed.
6. The specifics of the hotel. Crystal Aura is a family/retirement hotel. Quiet, calm, moderately active, but for children or older people who are not averse to singing "marjanju" in karaoke. There is nothing special for young people. There are some off-site foam parties, but I have not encountered them.
To summarize all of the above, the hotel is good in some aspects, and not very good in some. I advise you to watch a 3D tour of the hotel on the official website of the Crystal chain hotels. In my opinion, 4 stars are better than 5. Whether he is worth his money is up to you to judge. But putting aside all thought processes, I can say that the vacation was a success!
Great vacation. This is not the first time I have been staying at this hotel with a child. A large green area. There are a lot of sun beds by the sea and the pool. Animation for any age. There are a lot of different dishes, fish, lamb, rolls. The rooms are different, there are big ones and small ones. If you're lucky.
I will say that I have not seen such staff in any hotel. Starting with the reception, where a half-bald curly hair will be rude to you if you say something about checking in, and ending with an ice cream maker that can send your child away. In the restaurant, you will wait until the workers talk to each other, and then they pick up the tables and bring clean dirty plates. Daytime Animation is sooooo sluggish. The evening shows are good, but monotonous. One evening, we witnessed a conflict between the staff and vacationers. At the same time, the chief animator was the instigator. With all the disadvantages of the hotel: slides that you practically have in your room, dense buildings, queues at the restaurant, a narrow beach where people are like herrings in a jar, there is no volleyball, there is no cleaning in the rooms, the minibar will be replenished only if you go to the reception, then the hotel saves only a good sea. But again, the biggest problem is the staff. In general, we don't set foot on the Crystal network anymore. I would like to hope that they will fix something, and vacationers will have more fun with their vacation than we do.
A very beautiful well-maintained hotel, clean and well-maintained territory full of trees with tangerines, good animation, a large private beach, very good food.
Great beach, clean water! The pebbles do not strain, the legs have an additional massage))) super in general! There are no problems with sun loungers, drinks are all nearby! I highly recommend it!
The hotel is not bad, good green area, the sea is gorgeous, located among the mountains. But the food is disgusting. It's the same thing every day, no variety, plates with fat poorly washed. I did not think that I would have complaints about food, but there really is no Internet for 5, a weak 4 and then with tension.
Nice beach. Small pebbles. The entrance to the water is gentle, but 3 meters from the shore it is already deep. The water is clean and transparent. There are a lot of sun beds on the beach, there are always free ones.
The impressions are mostly positive. We were in September. It takes about an hour to get from Antalya. We were met at the reception and offered dinner while they were filling out the documents. The room was checked in quickly. There are no complaints about food. The staff is friendly. The beach is shallow, the water is clean, there are enough sun beds. The only thing is, for the first couple of days there were problems with replenishing the minibar and it took a long time to get the dead batteries in the safe changed.
A good hotel, I rented one star, the first time I encountered cockroaches in the bathroom. They did disinfection, they didn't run anymore, but the sediment remained. The cuisine is excellent, varied, lots of fish. And the most important thing is the sea, magical as oil, warm, practically did not get out of the water. The hotel has a very beautiful territory. The rooms in the 3-storey hotel buildings are also comfortable, modern, and generally satisfied with the rest
We visited this hotel three times, and returned because it was really very decent! The last time we came was in September 2023 , well , damn disappointed (
Animation and evening entertainment have sunk a lot , %80 has become worse , and unfortunately the food too ! The beach does not change, there are enough sun beds, but in fact, it's time to upgrade the beach area by the sea a long time ago! Otherwise, everything is fine
I really liked the hotel. The price/quality ratio is excellent. The staff is very friendly. There are a lot of activities. The sea is clear, the beach is pebbly, but even with a one-year-old child it was interesting to play with pebbles
We are resting here and now, the hotel is exactly 3+
No more than that, the rooms are all tired of the word, 7 people died on the beds, there is no light on the balcony, only wires, there is animation, but so-so.
The music plays until 00:00 for those with children, take the rooms away from the stage, there are no problems with food, they are fed for slaughter, but monotonously, there is a queue for fish with a problem with it, who managed whose slippers, and be vigilant and careful in the rooms there are cockroaches the size of a matchbox!
The sea has a good entrance
P.s because of cockroaches and rooms the score is 1 point
The beach is clean, lifeguards are working, there are few stones at the entrance, but this is a natural feature, there is a bar with drinks nearby, towels are provided and you can rinse your feet after the sand.
A dirty and noisy hotel.
First, they checked into a room with a view of the karaoke, which was open until 00:00. The balcony in the room lets in all the sounds from the street. It's not real to sleep.
The next day, the room was replaced and also with a noisy one, at 6 a.m. the mullah started yelling. When asked to replace the number again, the administrator refused and showed a list of about 20 people to replace the number.
The beach is cramped, the slopes are close to each other.
The food is monotonous, it's the same every day.
Wonderful stay, great service. Food for every taste: seafood, meat dishes, fruits, pastries. Very good bars and pastry shops, restaurants. An interesting evening program, sports events, yoga. It should be noted separately the good work of the animators. I recommend it to everyone.
We had a rest in May 2024, overall the hotel is good. Green area, swimming pools, water slides. Upon check-in, they offered a room with an unpleasant smell of old age and a view of the outbuildings, for the bashish they changed to a normal one. Bashish in Turkey is very fond of😁 Changing towels every day. Of the cons: daytime animation is lame, there was water polo twice, that's all. In the evening, children's animation on stage, after adult animation (it cannot be said that it is good). The kitchen was monotonous, there was red fish twice a week. There is a disgusting hair dryer in the room, which can only dry socks, does not blow at all (well, maybe we were so lucky). Overall, the hotel is not bad, but we are unlikely to return a second time
They were in May 2024. It was the beginning of the season, so there weren't many people. But every day more and more tourists came, and it was clear that it would be very crowded during the season. The hotel is small, and in season it will be just an anthill.
Our rooms faced the mountains and the sea, the view is good. But if we were settled with a view of the water park, it would be trash. The view from these rooms is on the stairs, which are climbed by fans of slides.
The food is good, fish, meat always. I wanted more vegetables. And it was very sad with fruits, some unripe apples and pears. But there was a wonderful pastry corner with very tasty cakes, eclairs and brownies were especially loved, + 2 kg upon return))))
The food is almost round the clock.
Entering the sea is not very comfortable. It's deep right away, but we love it when it's deep. I didn't like that all the sun beds were under a single awning, and not under individual umbrellas. In May, I wanted more sunshine, but because of the awning, all the sun beds were in the shade. In the summer months, this is probably a plus, but in May it was cold in the shade, and everyone pulled the sun beds out from under the awning to the sun.
The rooms are tired, the door handles are broken, everything in the bathroom is stained, there are a lot of ants.
There wasn't much animation, probably because it's the beginning of the season, but we don't really need animation.
The bartenders are friendly, and the reception staff also solved all issues quickly.
We had a good rest, but the 5* hotel does not pull primarily because of the rooms, where everything is old and broken.
A great hotel with free WI-FI, lots of relaxation areas, food.
As an indicator, there is a high occupancy rate in any season. Cleanliness, beautiful territory. Daily room cleaning with a change of linen.
May 2024